SAN LEANDRO — An Oakland man sought for nearly a month in multiple residential burglaries is in county jail after his arrest Wednesday, authorities said.

On Sept. 6, officers responded to a report of an early morning burglary at a Woodland Avenue home, and arrived to find signs of the burglary in progress, police said in a statement Thursday.

As other officers arrived, a suspect ran from the home to the yard of a nearby Oaks Boulevard home.

The suspect then broke into a garage to hide from officers, then found a bicycle and tried to ride away past officers, who chased him to Dowling Boulevard. There, he walked away from the bicycle and ran into another home’s backyard.

While officers searched the area where he was last seen, the suspect managed to meet and get into a vehicle that came to pick him up. Officers followed that vehicle into Oakland, but Hill managed to get out and run away.

Investigators’ efforts led them to identify Darius Hill, 25, and a judge issued a $100,000 arrest warrant. After finding Hill Wednesday afternoon, officers tried to arrest him around 3 p.m. but Hill fled, hopping neighborhood fences in an attempt to escape.

Police took Hill into custody after a neighborhood resident said a person tried to enter her home’s back door before entering her garage. Officers later found Hill hiding in a closet.

A search of Hill’s Oakland home yielded five handguns, four of which had been reported stolen, and multiple rounds of ammunition.

Hill was arrested on suspicion of burglary and multiple firearm-possession related charges, and was taken to Santa Rita Jail. He was in custody Thursday on a combined $675,000 bail and awaiting a 2 p.m. Friday arraignment hearing at Dublin’s East County Hall of Justice, according to a county records check.

George Kelly is a breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group. He has worked as an online coordinator and, before that, a copy editor and page designer for Bay Area-based newspapers and magazines. Off work, he enjoys playing in bands, busking and karaoke. His first newspaper job was as a Washington Post paperboy.

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